Websites
Click here to see an online noticeboard that will take you to a range of great Writers' Workshop resources

http://pinterest.com/spikepinterest/writers-workshop/


Jessica Meacham's incredible resources for Writers' Workshop - a must-see site! Scroll down the page to see all the downloadable resources that she has, as well as her Units of Study and Mini-lesson ideas
http://www.jmeacham.com/writing.mini.lessons.htm

Some great resources for Writers Workshop, including anchor charts, launch units for different grades
http://www.hallco.org/literacy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3

A fabulous blog by two teachers of Writers' Workshop
http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/

Website with great resources from the authors of the above blog
http://twowritingteachers.com/default.aspx

Wiki with all sorts of great tools from Ruth Ayres (one of the above authors)
http://ruthayres.pbworks.com/w/page/7062177/FrontPage

Denver Public Schools yearly writing curriculum, with detailed unit plans
http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/

Lucy Calkin's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
http://www.unitsofstudy.com/home.asp

Some great resources for download as well as links to other good sites about Writers Workshop
http://busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/writing_workshop.html

A fabulous insight into Beth Newingham's Third Grade Classroom in the US - photos, resources, explanations etc - highly recommended!
http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/writing%20workshop1.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top_teaching/2011/02/my-january-top-ten-list-writing-lessons-and-resources

Blog written by Literacy consultant, Deb Renner Smith
http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com/

Brilliant blog full of illustrated mini-lessons and other ideas for Writers Workshop....another must-see!!
http://zzwriter.com/





List of Book Titles to Use With Writers Workshop Mini Lessons

Books
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Day by Day: Refining Writing Workshop through 180 Days of Reflection - Ruth Ayres and Stacey Shubitz - Stenhouse

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Notebook Know How: Strategies for the Writers' Notebook - Aimee Buckner - Stenhouse

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Units of Study for Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum K-2 Lucy Calkins etc al - Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

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Units of Study for Teaching Writing Grades 3-5 - Lucy Calkins et al - Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

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Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8 - Ralph Fletcher & JoAnn Portalupi - Stenhouse 2007

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Non-Fiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8 - JoAnn Portalupi & Ralph Fletcher - Stenhouse 2001


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Scaffolding Young Writers - Linda J. Dorn & Carla Soffos

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About the Authors:Writing Workshop with our Youngest Writers - Katie Wood Ray - Heinemann 2004